* In the last month the guide has 140,000 pageviews.
* From the cover sheet, the bounce rate is 50%. Of people who start reading the intro article, about 20% make it to the end.
* Of people who land on the cover sheet, about 5% join the newsletter to receive the whole guide by email.
* Ultimately the aim is to change career plans. About 1% of newsletter subs and tool users report plan changes. Our biggest challenge right now is increasing this conversion rate.
We’re keen for questions and feedback.
I read a book recently called "So Good They Can't Ignore You." One of the author's points is that a popular idea in the last couple of decades is that one can find their passion, then all will be well in the world.
I bought into this passion principle and spent nearly a decade trying out, among other things, RF engineering, tutoring, cooking, and volunteering in a restaurant and in a drug rehab clinic. This was all after I graduated with good grades and a major in CS. I don't regret my path, but I also don't think I did much social good in that time. The volunteer work at the rehab clinic was social good, but it was low skill, so I now question it's effectiveness in the world.
Another point in that book is that people develop a lasting love for fields they get good at. I'm finding that again in software, over time as I become a better developer. I believe people don't stumble across a happily ever-after career, which is what "find your passion" implies.
As an aside, I'm glad to see this project, as it's a step in a well intentioned and more intelligent direction than "find your passion."
> Find a fulfilling career that does good.
1. What do you define as "good"?
> free guide will put you on the path to a good career,
2. What do you define as a "good career"?
> can have a hugely positive impact on the world
3. What do you consider as a "hugely positive impact on the world?
We explain that here: https://80000hours.org/career-guide/how-much-difference-can-...
2. What do you define as a "good career"?
We explain that here: https://80000hours.org/career-guide/job-satisfaction/
3. What do you consider as a "hugely positive impact on the world?
Helping a lot of people in a really significant way!
There’s 8 articles, each with a video, and a planning tool at the end. You can get it delivered over 9 weeks by email. It’s the main thing we’ve worked on building since Feb, and grew out of an in-person workshop that was changing lots of careers.
The guide aims to help people switch into careers that have a greater social impact. It covers what we’ve learned in five years of research at Oxford, including:
1. Why you can sometimes do more good by taking a higher earning career, like software engineering, and donating to effective charities.
3. How any reader of HN could save hundreds of lives in their career.
3. How to work out which global problem is most pressing.
4. What psychology says about how to find a satisfying job and make good career decisions.
See the full guide: http://80000hours.org/career-guide/